Emily Lescak, Ph.D.

Dr. Emily Lescak
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
CPSB 301C
(907) 786-6953
elescak@alaska.edu
https://alaska.digication.com/uaapda/Dr._Lescak

Education

  • 2015 Ph.D., Fisheries, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • 2010 M.S., Biology, University of Alaska Anchorage
  • 2008 M.A.T., Secondary Biology Education, Clark University
  • 2007 B.A., Psychology, Clark University

Professional & Department Service

University of Alaska Anchorage Postdoctoral Association, National Postdoctoral Association

Research Interests

During my pre-doctoral training, I had the opportunity to work with Drs. Bill Cresko at the University of Oregon and Frank von Hippel at the University of Alaska Anchorage, who are both pioneering the use of threespine stickleback fish as a biomedical model organism. I have spent the last seven years designing field and laboratory studies using threespine stickleback to study predator-prey dynamics, contemporary evolution, and landscape genetics. For my postdoctoral research with Dr. Kat Milligan-Myhre, I am expanding upon my background in the role of environment on phenotypic variation to understand how host genetic background and environmental cues shape immune response, development, and microbial community composition in threespine stickleback.

Publications

Please visit Emily Lescak's Google Scholar webpage for a full list of publications

Career History/Work Experience

  • Graduate Research Assistant, University of Alaska Anchorage
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Alaska Anchorage
    • Ichthyology lab, animal behavior lab, introductory biology lab, teaching and mentoring in the sciences
Biological Sciences